BATON ROUGE - According to the Baton Rouge police database, the Baton Rouge Police Department responded to 58 crime incidents, ranging from battery and assault to burglary, at the Cadence at Southern University apartments since January of this year.

In October, 17-year-old Micah Booker was shot and killed at the Cadence apartments.

Most recently, Baton Rouge police said 21-year-old Donovan Pugh was shot and killed in a possible home invasion in the 7800 block of Scenic Highway on Wednesday.

Pugh was a sophomore at Southern University studying criminal justice. His mother took to social media about her loss, stating that Pugh was living at the Cadence when he was killed.

Situations like these left some parents questioning the safety of the complex.

"My child has not slept in that a

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